.....I am NOT asking about the File Extension...I am asking what makes FireFox be pre-populated with the "Winter weather wreaks havoc for the holidays - CNN.com" portion........

Sorry, my guess is it uses

<title>Winter weather wreaks havoc for the holidays - CNN.com</title>

Though it may use the meta content (when it exists) by preference. I don't know.For example, if I "Save As" this page the file name is "Save As Text" (same as the page's <title>) but then again this page has no meta content tag.

Though it may use the meta content (when it exists) by preference. I don't know.For example, if I "Save As" this page the file name is "Save As Text" (same as the page's <title>) but then again this page has no meta content tag.

I think you're right, Mittineague. I hastily grabbed the wrong tag.

Mittineague
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2013-12-23T06:36:47Z —
#10

The only way to know for sure is to find a page where the meta content and title tags are different and see which Firefox uses.Not likely to find one and I don't have the time to look (the Holiday crunch is on).

If I was answering my own question - which I was nearly forced to - I would have put my money on the <TITLE> tags...

At first I would have thought it was the Article's "Page Title" which is often an <H1>, but based on my observations, it seems like it is the <TITLE> tags...

My reason for asking this is because I want to make sure my webpages are coded in a way, so that when people try to Save or Print an Article from my website, the FILE NAME that is pre-populated is what they would likely want to save it as.

(Just trying to make life a little easier for my users!)

Sincerely,

Debbie

scout1idf
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2013-12-23T18:08:26Z —
#12

I just did a quick test and it comes from the <title> not the meta information, at least on windows with FireFox.

What is the <meta name="title" content="..."> thingy? Google doesn't recognize it ("[[U]Just remember that Google will ignore meta tags it doesn't know[/U]."), it's not in the html4.01 spec, not in the example meta list of the html5 spec. See also this [URL="http://www.raisemyrank.com/articles/meta-title.htm"][U]Testing the "meta title" Tag[/U]](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/79812?hl=en) ('the tag doesn't exist') - Well, if you put in into your code, the tag is existing. - But SEO-wise the effect is zero! Validator-wise it is invalid html5.- Of course in a CMS the tag could be used for internal references / processing.

Me, too. I wasn't expecting it, either. I was looking for the <title> tags and copied a meta tag in error. :/ Oops.

Mittineague
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2013-12-23T20:27:59Z —
#15

Thanks for testing and confirming.

Now that things have quieted down a bit (calm before the storm?) and I have had some sleep, I realize finding a page isn't the only way.A page could be written having meta, title and H1 all different and then tested.

DoubleDee
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2013-12-23T21:08:14Z —
#16

So is there consensus that...

1.) The <TITLE> tag is what comes up for the File Name when you go to "Save As" or "Save As PDF" a web page??

2.) That the Meta tag is some unsupported, renegade thing that is not found in HTML4 and HTML5??

Sincerely,

Debbie

ralphm
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2013-12-23T22:33:08Z —
#17

DoubleDee said:

That the Meta tag is some unsupported, renegade thing that is not found in HTML4 and HTML5??

Just be clear that it was the <meta name="title" content="..." > that was being discussed above, not all meta elements. For example, the "description" meta element is crucial for web pages:

In html4.01 and xhtml1.0 the use of a meta name="title" is allowed. But user agents (browsers) are free to do something with it (or not); about what search engines do with this meta, the specs are blanc. In practice, they do nothing with it.

In html5 the use of a meta name="title" is forbidden.

Html4.01 + xhtml1.0 + html5: this meta should not be used!

"That the title-Meta tag is some unsupported, renegade thing?" Yes!

Note: the browsers use the normal <title> of a webpage also for the (proposed) name of a Bookmark/Favorite.

DoubleDee
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2013-12-24T00:12:48Z —
#19

ralph_m said:

Just be clear that it was the <meta name="title" content="..." > that was being discussed above, not all meta elements. For example, the "description" meta element is crucial for web pages: